Opioid Agonist Therapy During Hospitalization Within the Veterans Health Administration: a Pragmatic Retrospective Cohort Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospitalization of patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) is increasing, yet little is known about opioid agonist therapy (OAT: methadone and buprenorphine) administration during admission.

Objective

Describe and examine patient- and hospital-level characteristics associated with OAT receipt during hospitalization in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

Participants

A total of 12,407 unique patients, ≥ 18 years old, with an OUD-related ICD-10 diagnosis within 12 months prior to or during index hospitalization in fiscal year 2017 from 109 VHA hospitals in the continental U.S.

Main measure

OAT received during hospitalization.

Key results

Few admissions received OAT (n = 1914; 15%) and when provided it was most often for withdrawal manageme

SUBMITTER: Priest KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7403377 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature